Event Details

The Future Laboratory is delighted to announce that global real estate specialist QIC is to partner with the UK-based trend forecasting consultancy on their forthcoming Retail Futures Forum.

Join The Future Laboratory and a gallery of international retail experts for an essential half day of insights and trends, with delicious lunch, scrumptious tea and cakes, and a drinks reception.

Every attendee will receive The Future Laboratory’s Retail Futures Report, 150 pages on everything of relevance in retail, from Big Data to Bio-ID, MINTs and the Middle East.

'Little-box retail, urban kiosks, culture villages and showroom super-hubs are just a few of the new retail models that are set to emerge in 2015 as bricks-and-mortar retailers stage an unexpected comeback. Even Amazon and eBay are preparing to open so-called reverse-disruption stores as Total Retail comes into its own.’

Chris Sanderson, co-founder, The Future Laboratory

AGENDA OF THE DAY

: 12:00pm – Registration and Lunch

: 1.00pm – Welcome and Introduction

: 1:10pm – Global Market Overview

Our annual look at what is new, next and game-changing in the world of retail, including The Era of Total Retail, Big Box to Urban Box and the latest consumer shifts, from The Experience Economy to The Privacy Bump

: 2:00pm – In Conversation I

Anybody can buy everything, but here we look at the art of the retail edit from Shed (one of our favourite global convergent spaces!) co-founders Cindy Daniel and Doug Lipton, who talk us through food retailing as an art form

: Bally, London – Bally’s New Bond Street flagship store by David Chipperfield is a study in Swiss modernism

: 3.1 Phillip Lim by Campaign, New York – This serene new store with neo-classic undertones is an extension of Phillip Lim’s design studio

: Trump Cadde, Istanbul – Rethinking the ancient model of the bazaar on the roof terrace of the city’s Trump Towers mall

: 5:40pm – Conclusions

: 5:45pm – Sponsor thanks

: 5:50pm - The end of the Day, followed by a drinks reception

Our Guest Speakers

Peter Fitzgerald, country sales director, Google UK

Peter is the Country Sales Director for Google UK, the biggest market for Google outside the US and the most advanced major country in terms of e-commerce and online advertising spending. Peter is also a Non-Executive Director of UK department store Debenhams and President, Innovation & Digital, of the British Fashion Council. Previously, Peter spent 8 years at Amazon.com and held the position of business Director of Business Development at Amazon.com.

Cindy Daniel and Doug Lipton, owners of concept store SHED

Winner of a 2014 James Beard Award for restaurant design, SHED is a market, café, and community gathering space designed to bring us closer to the way we grow, prepare, and share food. SHED's modern Grange reflects the best of local farming culture, delivering a seasonally curated selection of workshops, wares, and freshly prepared foods to their guests. SHED's mission is to celebrate and nurture the connection between good farming, good cooking, and good eating.

Naomi Milgrom AO is a business leader and entrepreneur, a pivotal figure in the Australian retail and fashion industries, a philanthropist and a passionate advocate for contemporary art, design and architecture.

Naomi is the executive chair and CEO of the Sportsgirl/Sussan Group of companies comprising Sussan, Sportsgirl and Suzanne Grae. Under Naomi’s leadership, the Sportsgirl/Sussan Group, headquartered in Victoria, has grown to become Australia’s largest privately held specialty fashion retailer with more than 550 stores and more than 5,000 employees.

When & Where

Melbourne Museum
11 Nicholson St
Melbourne,
VIC 3053
Australia

Thursday, 5 February 2015 from 12:00 pm to 5:30 pm (AEDT)

Organiser

The Future Laboratory

The Future Laboratory is one of the world’s most renowned and respected futures consultancies. A leader in trend forecasting, consumer insight and strategic innovation, we give clients the confidence to make the right decisions and investments to survive and thrive in the future. The Future Laboratory ethos is a simple one : to help businesses make the future happen.